Vehicle-spring



(No Model.)

s. 1). LANCE. VEHICLE SPRING.

No. 294,242. Patented Feb-26,1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

sHiELDs 1). LANCE, or COLUMBUS, OHIO.

VEHICLE-SPRING..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,242, dated February 26, 1884.

Applicalion filed September 28, 1883. (No model.)

To whom it may concern Be it known that I, SHInLDs D. LANCE, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the under side of a vehicle-body with my improved springs attached. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of same on the line :20 m. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sect-ion of same on the line y 3 Fig. 4 shows a modification of the spring.

My invention relates more particularly to springs for side-bar vehicles; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter explained and claimed.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents the side bars; B, the under side of the bottom of a vehiclebody, and C the springs, bent as shown in Fig. l, and which may be made of a single piece of metal. The central portion of these springs where they pass through the plates D is made square, to fit vertically in the rectangular slots formed in each plate, and in which each spring is tightly secured by the key d, as shown in Fig. 3. The plates D are preferably madc'with the T-shaped projections d,

in order to secure the greater surface to resist the pressure of the springs. The ends of 3 5 the springs are loosely attached by the shackles E to the eyes 6, which are rigidly secured be low the side bars, A, by means of the clips F,

as shown in Fig. 2.

It is evident that while the torsionsprings 0 thus made and applied will give a pleasant and easy motion tothe body of the'vehicle there will be no tendency to spread the side bars, which is one of the essential objects of my present invention. 5

It is evident that instead of the springs 0 being made of asingle piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 1, the side pieces may be made sepa rately and connected by across-bar, as shown in Fig. 4,withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a side-bar vehicle, the bars A, provided with the clips F, eyes e, and shackles E, in combination with the springs O and plates D, all constructed to operatesubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

SHIELDS D. LANQE.

XVitnesses:

CARL F. KoTTKn, GEO. S. ARTZ. 

